Category: Community

By Sara L Seck, based on an article co-written with Lisa Benjamin In line with global trends, there has been an increase in human rights-based climate litigation brought in Canadian courts in recent years. A federal state comprised of ten provinces, three territories, and diverse Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, or Métis), Canada provides a…

by Juan Auz As reported by Savaresi, Setzer and Ohdedar on this blog, rights-based climate litigation is flourishing in the Global South. Latin America is no exception to this trend, where groups and individuals have incorporated climate concerns in a longstanding tradition of strategic litigation to counter environmental harms threatening or violating the enjoyment of their human rights. I analyse…

by Dimakatso Sefatsa and Khumo Lesele High Court citation: Trustees for the Time Being of Groundwork Trust & Another vs Minister of Environmental Affairs & Others Case No. 39724/19 In a recent decision, a South African High Court was called on to consider the lives of real people who have been affected by the unsafe…

By  Alejandra Lozano and Lorena Zenteno  Today, women in their diversity face a complex world in crisis. The last few years of interlocking environmental inequalities and health emergencies tested the advances so far achieved in the recognition and realization of women’s equal rights across the globe. The environmental breakdown—often referred to as the triple planetary crisis caused by the…

by Birsha Ohdedar In its latest report, the IPCC urges the need for more action on climate adaptation. Adaptation is critical in the Global South, which experiences the worst effects of climate change, despite contributing the least to the problem. While climate litigation has grown in recent years, adaptation specific litigation has been underrepresented in…